Tuesday, October 04, 2016
I Am Number Four
Casting for the film adaptation of this book involved a search for hunks casting Alex Pettyfer of Magic Mike Fame as John and Timothy Oliphant from Justified as his minder. In selecting a dog to portrait the Chimera who protects them the producers opted for cute in selecting a winsome beagle, hey, rather a beagle than an iguana.
Not unusual for a movie to deviate radically from the original text but the emphasis here is on making a summer action blockbuster. From the opening scenes this flick blows up real good. Gone are many of the scenes between Four and Henri in which Four learns of his past history and is trained for his coming mission.
As I’ve commented about book two in the series it appears to have been written with film adaptation in mind.
Not unusual for a movie to deviate radically from the original text but the emphasis here is on making a summer action blockbuster. From the opening scenes this flick blows up real good. Gone are many of the scenes between Four and Henri in which Four learns of his past history and is trained for his coming mission.
As I’ve commented about book two in the series it appears to have been written with film adaptation in mind.
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